Gold! Gold! A Beginner's Handbook and Recreational Guide
by Joseph F. Petralia
Gold! Gold! A Beginner's Handbook and Recreational Guide
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| In the Beginning... |
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| The King of Money * Gold: Its Nature * Gold Fever * The Rush Had Begun * The Fever Spreads * Mining Life * The Motherlode | |
| The Pot at the End of the Rainbow |
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| Where to Begin Your Search * Why it is Where it is * Its "Heft" is the Main Clue * Images: A Nugget's Travels * Learn to Read the Stream * Placer Paydirt * Prospecting for Quartz Veins | |
| Putting Together Your Grubstake |
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| Prospecting Gear * The Tools of the Trade | |
| Methods: Then & Now |
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| How to Pan * Gold Pan Sieve * The Sniffer * Dry Placer Operations * Operation of a Sluice * Clean-up * Rocker Box * Long Tom * Hydraulic Concentrator * Dredges * Metal Detectors | |
| Crescent of Gold |
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| Amalgamation * Staking Your Claim | |
| Nickel Knowledge |
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| Survival pack * Specifications * Sorting by Size * Troy Weight * Forms * Gold Rocker Plans | |
| Where to Prospect |
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| Gold Concentrations in the U.S. * Southeast States * Rocky Mountain and Western States | |
| Head for the Hills! |
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| Dust * Grains * Nuggets * Additional Reading * BLM Offices * Note Pad | |
| Glossary |
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| Appendix |
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| Mining Supply Resources * Mining Supplies |
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| Equipment Order Form |
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